Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – August 14, 2009

August 14, 2009 at 5:39 pm

Friday, August 14, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA: Controller was on Phone During Hudson Crash

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-08-13-hudson-crash_N.htm

2) American Airlines Wins Approval to Create Custom Approach Routes to Airports

Link to story in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/RNP081309.xml&headline=American%20Wins%20Approval%20To%20Create%20RNP%20Routes&channel=comm

CAMERAS

3) Tampa International Airport Wants More Cameras to Watch Your Luggage

Link to story in the St. Petersburg Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/airlines/tampa-international-airport-wants-more-cameras-to-watch-your-luggage/1027356

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) US Homeland Security Expands Biometric Security Program

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219300135

TELEMATICS

5) Untangling the Challenges of the Connected Car

Link to story in Embedded Computing Design:

http://www.embedded-computing.com/articles/id/?4111

TRANSIT

6) Scottish Student Gets Exam Certificate – In Catching Public Transport

Link to story in the Daily Record:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/08/14/student-gets-exam-certificate-in-catching-public-transport-86908-21595982/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) State-of-the-Art Traffic and Communications Network Planned for Delhi for Commonwealth Games

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi/Rs-200cr-plan-to-clear-up-NCRs-traffic-mess/articleshow/4892111.cms

8) The Surreal Side of Traffic

The author of Traffic explains how traffic planners use fear to keep traffic congestion down and why real–time traffic information doesn’t always work.

Link to audio interview on KUOW Radio:

http://kuow.org/program.php?id=18183

VEHICLES

9) Safer Trucks – Virtually

Link to story in BusinessDay:

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=78448

News Releases

1) Use of Social Media Tools at FEMA

Job Postings

– Traffic Safety Engineering Research Program Manager – University of Wisconsin-Madison TOPS Laboratory – Madison, Wisconsin

http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_062474.html

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